Just Folks

About Boys

          Show me the boy who never threw
            A stone at someone's cat;
          Or never hurled a snowball swift
            At someone's high silk hat.
          Who never ran away from school,
            To seek the swimming hole;
          Or slyly from a neighbor's yard
            Green apples never stole.
          Show me the boy who never broke
            A pane of window glass;
          Who never disobeyed the sign
            That says: "Keep off the grass."
          Who never did a thousand things,
            That grieve us sore to tell;
          And I'll show you a little boy
            Who must be far from well.